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Automobile run channel fitting method and device

Patent 8146228 Issued on April 3, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject February 23, 2027. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 11709740 filed on 02/23/2007

US Classes:

29/451Confining elastic part in socket

Examiners

Primary: Bryant, David
Assistant: Cigna, Jacob

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 2005-247016 JP 09/01/2005
  • 2005-247270 JP 09/01/2005
  • 2005247270 JP 09/01/2005

International Class

B23P 11/02

Abstract

An automobile run channel fitting device for fitting a run channel into an automobile door sash comprising a pair of robot arms 1 and 2 which act in harmony and a run channel fitting jig 3 attached to each robot arm, wherein the run channel fitting jig 3 comprises an upper roller unit 12 adapted to push the run channel to fit it into an upper sash, a rotatable lower roller 14 adapted to push the run channel to fit it into a lower sash, and a lower roller supporting means 15 adapted to support the lower roller 14 and insert the lower roller 14 into a gap formed between an inner panel and an outer panel. The lower roller supporting means 15 comprises a sliding mechanism 17, a bending section 18 and a roller supporting section 19.

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